Re: GRM questions

[Martin Grabmueller]

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> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:14:54 +0200 (MEST)
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> Huh, well, they are used all over guile, but IMO, there's a lot of strange
> things going on there.  Who's afraid of SCM_VALIDATE_SUBSTRING_SPEC_COPY,
> SCM_VALIDATE_INUM_MIN_DEF_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NONEMPTYLIST_COPYLEN,
> SCM_VALIDATE_NULLORROSTRING_COPY?  I am :-)

SCM_VALIDATE_SUBSTRING_SPEC_COPY saved my life when I implemented
SRFI-13, where I needed it's functionality a billion times (well, 86
times, actually).

I think I'll postpone the validation documentation.  SCM_ASSERT can be
used for that, just like it is documented right now.

> Yes, please.

Done.

> These paragraphs are no longer valid.  You can simply remove them.

Done.

> scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is (or should be) deprecated.

NEWS says it's deprecated.  I have added a note about that.

Regards,
  'martin